LOCAL STATION. DRAMATIC PICTURES. THANK YOU. FORECASTERS HAVE NOW CANCELED TROPICAL STORM WATCHES ACROSS THE GULF COAST AS TROPICAL STORM KAREN SLOWLY APPROACHES. NOW ONLY PART OF THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE IS UNDER TROPICAL STORM WARNING. KAREN'S MAXIMUM WINDS ARE AT ABOUT 40 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW. THE WEATHER AUTHORITY'S REBECCA BARRY HAS BEEN TRICKING HER PATH. REBECCA, EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW WHEN KAREN COULD REALLY COME ASHORE HERE. WELL, THE CENTER OF KAREN IS WHAT THAT TRACK IS FOR AND IT'S ANYBODY'S GUESS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME TODAY THAT KAREN HAS FAILED TO MAKE FORWARD MOTION. KAREN IS STALLED OUT. IT HAPPENED FOR A COUPLE HOURS EARLIER TODAY. THAT DOES WONKY THINGS TO THE TRACK. THE LATEST TRACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND THE LATEST FORECAST. LET'S SHOW THE LACK OF FORWARD MOTION. SO NOT MOVING FORWARD AT ALL. BUT STILL SHOWING 40 MILES PER HOUR WINDS AND MINIMUM PRESSURE NEAR THE LOUISIANA COASTLINE. OF COURSE WITH SUCH A WEAK STORM AND SUCH AN ODD FORWARD MOTION OR LACK THEREOF, THIS IS THE LATEST TRACK SHOWING IT AS A DEPRESSION MOVING ALONG THE GULF COAST THERE AND PERHAPS MAKING SECONDARY LANDFALL, IT WILL MAKE INITIAL AT THE LOUISIANA SHORELINE, BOGGY AREA, SKIRT ALONG THE COASTLINE MAKING ITS WAY TOWARD TALLAHASSEE. REGARDLESS OF WHERE KAREN GOES OR HOW STRONG KAREN GOES THE EFFECT IS STILL THE SAME FOR US. SOME RAIN LATE SUNDAY IN IT AND DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. WE'LL WAL YOU THROUGH THAT HOUR-BY-HOUR FORECAST COMING UP. REBECCA, THANK YOU. EVEN THOUGH KAREN IS WEAKENING, SHE IS STILL THREATENING TO BRING HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS TO LOUISIANA'S COASTS. WATCHES HAVE BEEN CANCELED ALONG THE PANHANDLE BUT THE TROPICAL STORM STILL PICKING UP SOME SURF IN PENSACOLA BEACH. THAT'S WHERE KRIS IS JOINING US LIVE WITH A CLOSER LOOK, CHOICE? ADRIAN, YOU KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THE TROPICAL STORM WATCHES AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED AND THE STORM IS NOT ONLY WEAKENING BUT SLOWING. BUT THIS IS REALLY THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST DAY AND A HALF THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY FELT SOME STRONGER WIND GUSTS OUT HERE ON PENSACOLA BEACH. THE WINDS 12015 MILES PER HOUR RIGHT NOW BUT THEY ARE SOME OF THE STRONGEST THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST 36 HOURS. NOW YOU MENTIONED THE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE CANCELED, THAT SIGN BACK THERE THOUGH SHOWING IT'S A RED FLAG WARNING OUT HERE ON PENSACOLA BEACH ARE STILL IN EFFECT, KEEPING SWIMMERS OUT OF THE WATER. BUT IT'S NOT STOPPING PEOPLE FROM BEING OUT AND ABOUT HERE IN THE TOWN OF PENSACOLA BEACH. A LOT OF CARS HERE IN THIS LITTLE PARKING LOT, THIS PLAZA. THERE'S MULTIPLE RESTAURANTS OUT HERE. A LOT OF BAYFRONT PROPERTY FOR THESE RESTAURANTS. AND MOST PEOPLE ARE OUT HERE TAKING IN THE BEAUTIFUL COOL BREEZY TEMPERATURES RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE OUT HERE WATCHING FOOTBALL GAMES AND JUST ENJOYING THE WEEKEND LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD. MOST PEOPLE OUT HERE, THEY SAY THAT THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE BEFORE WITH OTHER STORMS, AND THEY WEREN'T REALLY THAT WORRIED ABOUT THIS ONE TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE LAST WEEKEND THEY HAD A STORM THAT BROUGHT THEM ALMOST 8 INCHES OF RAIN. AND EVEN AT THE MOST STRONGEST FORECAST AND HEAVIEST PREDICTIONS FOR RAIN, IT WASN'T EXPECTED TO BRING ANYWHERE CLOSE TO WHAT THEY GOT LAST WEEKEND. BUT MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE DID TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT. THEY WERE PREPARED JUST IN CASE ANY STORMS DID COME THROUGH OR STRONG LINES OF STORMS, THAT IS. THEY WERE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. BUT THEY SAY THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL. THEY'RE READY TO CONTINUE THEIR WEEKEND TOMORROW. THEY SAY THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY CHANGE ANY OF THEIR PLANS AND THEY'RE JUST GOING TO CONTINUE DOING WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY'VE RIDDEN OUT MUCH STRONGER STORMS THAN WHAT THEY MAY EXPECT OUT OF THE NEXT DAY AND A HALF OF WHAT'S LEFT OF KAREN. I'M CHRIS. THE LOCAL STATION. CHRIS, EVEN THOUGH KAREN IS WEAKENING, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS KIND OF THING BEFORE WHERE IT LOOKS LIKE THINGS ARE DYING DOWN BUT THEN SHE JAINS SOME STRENGTH -- GAINS SOME STRENGTH. AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY WANT TO TEST THEIR LUCK. HAS ANYONE STARTED TO BOARD UP ANY OF THEIR WINDOWS? CLEAR THEIR YARDS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ADRIAN, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BOARDING UP THEIR WINDOWS, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE AT HARDWARE STORES. WE DROVE BY A LOWS AND AN ACE HARDWARE. THEY WERE GATHERING SOME SUPPLIES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED. ESSENTIAL, FLASHLIGHTS, BATTERIES, THINGS LIKE THAT, SOME WOOD. JUST IN CASE THE STORM UNEXPECTEDLY STRENGTHENED AS IT APPROACHED THE GULF THE PANHANDLE HERE. THEY'RE READY TO GO IN CASE THEY NEED TO BOARD UP IN THE LATE HOURS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN CLEARING OUT POTTED PLANTS, CHAIRS, THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THEIR YARD JUST IN CASE STRONG WINDS DO COME THROUGH, THEY

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

After days of lumbering toward the Gulf Coast, the storm system Karen dissipated late Sunday morning as storm preparations in the region were called off or scaled back as what's left of the system moves toward the Florida Panhandle.

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All tropical storm warnings and watches were discontinued Saturday night after the system was downgraded from a weak tropical storm off the north-central Gulf Coast. Officials say there continues to be a risk of rip currents and high tides along the Gulf Coast.

At 11 a.m. Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said Karen issued its last advisory on the system, placing the center about 85 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River. It had maximum sustained winds of 30 mph, but no longer a closed circulation.

The system turned east and picked up speed -- 13 mph.

Channel 4 hurricane expert George Winterling said the storm will head over or just south of coastal Mississippi and Alabama reach the Florida Panhandle by Monday morning. The center of a remnant low is forecast to be near Tallahassee about noon Monday.

There is still a possibility of localized coastal flooding along the northern Gulf coast and Karen could drop 1 to 3 inches -- mainly near and to the east of its path.

"Rain showers will begin Sunday in the Jacksonville area and continue through Monday," Winterling wrote Sunday morning on his Eye on the Storm blog. "An approaching cold front should end most of the rain by Tuesday morning. Rain totals in northeast Florida are forecast to be .50 to 1.00 inches. West of Baker County and much of Georgia may expect between one and 2 inches of rain through Monday night."

“As Tropical Storm Karen continues to disorganize, families should still use today as an opportunity to get ready," Gov. Rick Scott said Saturday. "Communities along the panhandle are expected to experience heavy rains, and storm surges are predicted for our coastal regions. "

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